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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: steeef on Fri, 12 November 2010, 13:45:08

Title: [US] Another Spacesaver
Post by: steeef on Fri, 12 November 2010, 13:45:08

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-IBM-Model-M-space-saver-keyboard-/260691622862

I'm curious to see how high this one goes. Damn collectors and their seemingly endless supply of keyboard-purchasing funds...

Title: [US] Another Spacesaver
Post by: didjamatic on Fri, 12 November 2010, 14:13:30

Weird Enter key as well.

Title: [US] Another Spacesaver
Post by: kill will on Fri, 12 November 2010, 14:14:40

dvorak layout as well.

Title: [US] Another Spacesaver
Post by: WhiteRice on Fri, 12 November 2010, 18:33:29

How... curious.

Title: [US] Another Spacesaver
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 12 November 2010, 19:15:51

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I'm curious to see how high this one goes. Damn collectors and their seemingly endless supply of keyboard-purchasing funds...

These collectors are actually people from all across the world, especially in Asia, who purchase their items on ebay through a "shopping service", i. e. a company with an outlet in the U. S. where the ebay seller ships the goods to before they're shipped abroad. Here's an example:

A person in Korea wants a Model M space saver. He finds out that the seller on Ebay only ships to the continental U. S.

Now, he decides to pay for a "shopping service", where, like stated above, a company's got a place in the U. S. where the keyboard will be shipped to. Then, he'll pay the company to ship the keyboard from the terminal in the U. S. to his home abroad. And then he's got his new keyboard.

Title: [US] Another Spacesaver
Post by: MissileMike on Fri, 12 November 2010, 20:11:01

This is not a new board.  Will be interesting to see how high it will go.

Title: [US] Another Spacesaver
Post by: MissileMike on Fri, 19 November 2010, 08:08:30

Sold for $118.75

Less than I expected, but it was used.